Forgotten Fairy Tales of Hope and Happiness

By: Mary Sebag-Montefiore

Illustrated by Sara Ugolotti

Series : Illustrated Story Collections

Age 7+

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This heartwarming collection of fairy tales celebrates the power of hope, and gently encourages questions about what happiness really means.

Meet a brave princess who brings happiness to her kingdom by forging her own path, two children on a quest to discover the meaning of happiness, and a magician's daughter who discovers the power of positivity.

Featuring diverse, inspiring and empowering characters, each story centers around a celebration of hope and happiness.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, these seven stories have been re-imagined to inspire a new generation of readers.

Chapters of this book include:
- Introduction
- The Last Dragon (based on 'The Last of the Dragons' by Edith Nesbit)
- The Magic Weather Boy (adapted from 'Fairies Afield' by Mary Louisa Molesworth)
- The Bluebird of Happiness (adapted from 'The Blue Bird' a children's play by Maurice Maeterlinck)
- The Magician's Daughter (adapted from 'The Spell of the Magician's Daughter' by Evelyn Sharp)
- The Wanderings of Caspian (based on Mary De Morgan's fairy tale of the same name)
- The Badly Behaved Princess (inspired by 'The Magic Medicine' by Denis Mackail)
- Where the Rainbow Ends (adapted from a children's play, by Emilie Mills and John Ramsey)
- The Stories and their Writers

Details

Extent:: 208 pages
Dimensions:: 246 x 176mm
Hardback ISBN:: 9781805312598
Publication Date:: January 2025
Work Reference:: 9271

Contents

Chapters of this book include:
- Introduction
- The Last Dragon (based on 'The Last of the Dragons' by Edith Nesbit)
- The Magic Weather Boy (adapted from 'Fairies Afield' by Mary Louisa Molesworth)
- The Bluebird of Happiness (adapted from 'The Blue Bird' a children's play by Maurice Maeterlinck)
- The Magician's Daughter (adapted from 'The Spell of the Magician's Daughter' by Evelyn Sharp)
- The Wanderings of Caspian (based on Mary De Morgan's fairy tale of the same name)
- The Badly Behaved Princess (inspired by 'The Magic Medicine' by Denis Mackail)
- Where the Rainbow Ends (adapted from a children's play, by Emilie Mills and John Ramsey)
- The Stories and their Writers

Author

Mary Sebag-Montefiore is a best-selling children's author, whose re-tellings of classics have been published all over the world. She is the author of over 25 books and has adapted everything from Dickens to 'War and Peace'. She has also published articles on children's books academically and in the national press, and for adults, has written 'Women Writers of Children's Classics'.

"Mary Sebag-Montefiore's retellings are perhaps the best - well-written and dramatic"
The Telegraph

Find out more about Mary Sebag-Montefiore

Illustrator

Sara Ugolotti

Sara is an award-winning children's book illustrator living and working in Reggio Emilia, Italy. She illustrators children's books, board games and puzzles. Sara loves art, nature and animals, especially dogs.

Series

View series: Illustrated Story Collections